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Production of bi-mode trains for West of England route underway in Hitachi Rail Italy factory.
Freight leaders call for immediate infrastructure investment after election
A key organisation representing rail freight in the UK has today urged the main political parties to back up manifesto promises for freight with immediate investment in infrastructure. In a statement, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) said that though commitments to freight infrastructure...
Heathrow expansion: Breaching M25 to build third runway would be costly and could 'derail' plans says British Airways boss
Willie Walsh, head of British Airways parent company IAG, has warned breaching the M25 to build a third runway would increase costs and delay the scheme
Friday, 26 May 2017
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- New Zealand space launch is first from a private siteThe first ever launch from New Zealand is a step towards making it cheaper to get cargo into space.
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- Man who started fire in plane toilet has sentence more than doubledCourt of appeal rules John Cox’s original sentence was unduly lenient after he began blaze in bin on flight carrying 200 peopleA man who started a fire in the toilet of a plane carrying more than 200 people has had his prison sentence more than doubled at the court of appeal.The Monarch Airbus was 10,700 metres (33,000ft) in the air and 100 miles (160km) from the Egyptian coast when the captain was told the crew were having difficulty extinguishing the blaze in a waste paper bin. Continue reading...
- Air rage: why does flying make us so angry? Science says it's about classRise in acts of plane-related violence shed light on something bigger: modern air travel is a perfect example of a situation in which human status is highly visibleOutclassed: the secret life of inequality is our new column about class. Read the first one hereA doctor is forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight, losing two teeth and gaining a concussion as he’s pulled down the aisle. A whole family with young children is dragged off by Delta. A near-riot breaks out at the Fort Lauderdale airport. Air rage may be to the 21st century what hysteria was to the 19th: a window into the sicknes...
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- New chief executive appointed at Leeds Bradford AirportLEEDS Bradford Airport has appointed David Laws as its new chief executive.
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- Airbus Broughton to 'further enhance' security due to heightened terror threat The aerospace giant is looking at measures after Manchester concert bomb attack
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- Exeter Airport celebrates 80 years of flying The Lord Mayor of Exeter has helped mark the 80 years of flying at Exeter Airport by unveiling a celebratory plaque which will be mounted in the terminal building.
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- Aviation could face ‘disturbance’ after BrexitAir travel will be “most sensitive” travel issue in talks between UK and EU
- Airlines warn about disruption to Italy flightsIndustrial action will cause the cancellation of some airline services
Aviation Industry
- AEF responds to consultations on airspace policy and expansionAEF has today responded to the Government’s�consultations�on Heathrow expansion: draft Airports National Policy Statement�(ANPS) and Reforming policy on the design and use of UK airspace. Both responses were informed by feedback from our members, including points raised during the discussion …
- Rolls-Royce begins UltraFan gearbox high-power testingRolls-Royce has performed the first power runs of the gearbox for its new UltraFan engine at a facility in Germany. read more
- Wizz Air reports net profit for FY2017 up 28%Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air reported a net profit of €246 million ($258.3 million) for the financial year ended March 31, up 28% compared to net profit of €193 million in the previous financial year. read more
- Etihad takes delivery of 10th and final A380Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has taken delivery of its 10th and final Airbus A380. read more
- US appeals court upholds block on Trump’s revised travel banA US federal appeals court has upheld the block on President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the executive order’s text speaks vague words of national security, but its context “drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination”. read more
- Bombardier’s Cromer defends pricing of Delta’s CSeries orderBombardier’s pricing on its sale of 75 firm CSeries aircraft to Delta Air Lines was “normal course” business and not improper, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Fred Cromer said. read more
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- Heathrow expansion: Breaching M25 to build third runway would be costly and could 'derail' plans says British Airways bossWillie Walsh, head of British Airways parent company IAG, has warned breaching the M25 to build a third runway would increase costs and delay the scheme
- Heathrow expansion vital to UK’s global trading position, says FTACreation of increased airport capacity in the South East of England is vital if the UK is to retain its position as a global trading hub, ...
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